Calendar: On Tour, On Stage

(updated 1/30/2012)

  • Tuesday evenings through 2012
    Songshop sessions at DePaul School of Music
  • February 6, 2012
    Jazz Showcase Sophisticated Ladies —KT McCammond
  • February 9, 2012
    WDCB Jazz Salon @ Mayslake
  • February 11, 2012
    Center At Palos Park Valentine Dinner Show
  • February 12, 2012
    Rolling Meadows Public Library, Le Jazz et La Java—a Valentine treat
  • February 17, 2012
    Ela Township Public Library, Le Jazz et La Java—an afternoon in Paris
  • March 4, 2012
    Indian Prairie Library, Paris in the Jazz Age
  • March 5, 2012
    Jazz Showcase Sophisticated Ladies —Claudia Hommel
  • March 21, 2012
    JCC of W. Bloomfield, Michigan, Bonjour Paris
  • March 30, 2012
    Tulsa, Oklahoma Alliance Française
  • April 1, 2012
    Bartlett Library, April in Paris
  • April 5, 2012
    Lisle Library, Paris in the Jazz Age
  • April 9, 2012
    Jazz Showcase Sophisticated Ladies —Women Who Swing
  • April 23, 2012
    Green Hills Library in Palos Hills, April in Paris
  • May 7, 2012
    Jazz Showcase Sophisticated Ladies —Elizabeth Doyle

  • SONGS TO KEEP YOU WARM in 2012!


    Most TUESDAYS through July 2012
    7 PM to 9 PM
    DePaul School of Music at 804 W. Belden, Room 308,

    songshop
    Songshop (the art of song interpretation) sessions, led by Claudia Hommel, are open to new participants. Join the exploration of character and truth-telling in song; a theatrical approach to strengthening performance skills. Call 773-509-9360 to audit or participate.


    sophisticates

    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012
    8 PM to 11 PM
    Jazz Showcase

    806 S. Plymouth Court, in the historic Dearborn Station at Polk and Dearborn, Chicago 60605

    KT McCammond launches our monthly series of Sophisticated Ladies with "Ultra Sexy, Ultra Cool". Jeremy Kahn at the piano, Jim Cox on bass.
    (VIP seating is $25. General seating $10 in advance. Students and musicians in advance $7. Purchase your tickets here.)


    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
    7:30 pm
    WDCB Jazz Salon @ Mayslake
    Co-produced by the PianoForte Foundation and 90.9fm WDCB Public Radio
    1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook, IL.
    Singers Claudia Hommel, Sean Harris & pianist Bobby Schiff headline the Jazz Fauré Project, an evening of cabaret where French Impressionism meets American Jazz

    JFP
    Purchase tickets online from PianoForte: general seating is $20 (students & seniors $18); Premium seating (cabaret-style tables in front) is $25.

    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
    5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
    Center Foundation of Palos Park at 12700 Southwest Highway
    Claudia returns to celebrate the annual Valentine's Day Dinner with something French, something jazzy and something new: Le Jazz et La Java. Accompanied by pianist Bob Moreen, accordionist Pat Spaeth and bassist Carol Rand.
    Taking reservations now! 708-361-3650

    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012
    2 PM
    Arts Alive at Rolling Meadows Public Library
    Community Room at 3110 Martin Lane, Rolling Meadows IL 60008
    Le Jazz et La Java is your romantic Ticket to Paris. Sip flavored coffees as vocalist Claudia Hommel and singer-pianist Bob Moreen transport us to the City of Love and Lights in an elegant preview of Valentine's Day. Free to the public, 847-259-6050.

    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012
    1 PM concert
    Nightclub at Noon at Ela Area Public Library
    275 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich, IL 60047
    Le Jazz & la Java: your afternoon in Paris begins with a French-inspired lunch and finishes with the songs of Claudia Hommel and singer-pianist Bob Moreen. Sign up online or call 847 438-3433 to reserve your place!

    SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012
    2 PM
    Indian Prairie Public Library
    401 Plainfield Road, Darien, IL 60561
    Paris in the Jazz Age. One of Bob Moreen and Claudia Hommel's favorite shows will feature for the first time guitarist Steve Roberts and the 1930s Hot Club of France flavor of Django Reinhardt. Call (630) 887-8760 to reserve your place!

    MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012
    8 PM to 11 PM
    Jazz Showcase

    806 S. Plymouth Court, in the historic Dearborn Station at Polk and Dearborn, Chicago 60605

    sophisticates

    Claudia continues our monthly series of Sophisticated Ladies with "Le Jazz et La Java". Bobby Schiff at the piano, Jim Cox on bass, Tim Davis on drums. Let the contest between jazz and the French java dance craze begin! (VIP seating is $25. General seating $10 in advance. Students and musicians in advance $7. Purchase your tickets here.)


    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
    7 PM
    W. Bloomfield JCC
    Handleman Hall at 6600 W. Maple Rd. West Bloomfield, MI
    Bonjour, Paris: Claudia Hommel, recording and touring artist specializing in French chanson, and Stefan Kukurugya, one of Detroit's most versatile musicians and entertainers, will bring the atmosphere of a French cabaret to West Bloomfield. Tickets can be purchased here.

    FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
    Monte Cassino Performing Arts Center
    2206 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK 74114
    Tulsa, Oklahoma Alliance Française sponsors:

    • Master class on Thursday, March 29
    • Friday daytime: Souvenirs de Paris, 1950 for 5th to 12th graders
    • Friday evening: Women of Paris with Bob Moreen at the piano.

    SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2012
    2 PM
    Bartlett Library
    800 S Bartlett Rd, Bartlett, IL 60103
    April in Paris starts with a song. Claudia is accompanied by accordionist Patricia Spaeth. Free to the public (630) 837-2855.

    THURSDAY , APRIL 5, 2012
    7 PM
    Lisle Public Library
    777 Front Street, Lisle, IL 60532
    Paris in the Jazz Age, from Irving Berlin's rag to swing, from Mistinguett and Josephine Baker to the zazou swing kids of Paris, Claudia sings accompanied by Bob Moreen at the piano and Patricia Spaeth on accordion. Free to the public (630) 971-1675.

    MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012
    8 PM to 11 PM
    Jazz Showcase

    806 S. Plymouth Court, in the historic Dearborn Station at Polk and Dearborn, Chicago 60605

    sophisticates

    Claudia, KT McCammond and Elizabeth Doyle invite to the stage a bevy of Chicago's finest jazz women& on trumpet, flute, saxophone and more. Sophisticated Ladies with "Women Who Swing". Details to be announced.
    (VIP seating is $25. General seating $10 in advance. Students and musicians in advance $7. Purchase your tickets here.)

    MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012
    7 PM
    Green Hills Library in Palos Hills
    8611 W. 103rd Street, Palos Hills, IL, 60465
    April in Paris, Claudia is joined by accordionist Pat Spaeth and pianist Bob Moreen to celebrate Paris, rain or shine.
    Phone: (708) 598-8446. Free to the public.

    MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012
    8 PM to 11 PM
    Jazz Showcase

    806 S. Plymouth Court, in the historic Dearborn Station at Polk and Dearborn, Chicago 60605

    sophisticates

    Elizabeth Doyle concludes our first round of Sophisticated Ladies with "Peggy Lee Birthday Celebration".
    (VIP seating is $25. General seating $10 in advance. Students and musicians in advance $7. Purchase your tickets here.)